yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Galaxy S III Mini General] Sandfiller:
Hi, all. I don't mean to necro- ing a thread, but I see a lot of S3 mini owners got their problems solved here. Here's the deal:

1. My first smartphone

2. Model: GT-I8910N

3. I flashed TWRP recovery tools from McClaw/Nova Fusion

4. OS: Cyanogenmod 11 (latest build- they upload every 2 days or so/ so am I :D :D)

5. I've been using CM11 for about half a year probably, but I'm getting annoyed by some things from Kit-Kat and some bugs from CM at the same time.

6. Phone is bought in Denmark, no exact ROM for it from Sammobile, but there are close enough.

What I am asking:

1.) Can I flash the stock ROM from TWRP recovery tools?

2.) I don't want it be unrooted - I still want to be able to change my boot animations manually. I don't to need to reset the counter to "0"

3. Is this the sequence of going back to stock ROM: 1.) Flash stock recovery tools 2.) Flash by Odin the stock ROM?

I am really contemplating what to do, whether I should make a clean install+partition with CM11 or go back to stock. The KIES back up options are pretty nice to be honest. But Samsung will never update the android version on the other hand.
[Galaxy S III Mini General] evil_arri:
As far as I understand you, if you want to install stock rom, that only works through Odin, everything will be lost including root and recovery. You'll have to start all over again. About Kies, to be honest, I once tested the backup option and found it pretty much sucks. If you have everything through Google play services you lose nothing.

If you want stock again, better check Android development, there're some roms based on stock far superior than Samsung stock.

Enviado desde mi GT-I8190 mediante Tapatalk
[Galaxy S III Mini General] walttheboss:
I have never once had any success with Kies. Would not trust it especially going back and froth from custom ROM to stock and vice versa.
[Galaxy S III Mini General] Sandfiller:
Thank you. Now that I know, I don't want ot go back to stock. I will just make a fresh install with format and this time around I will skip some apps that messed up the phone a bit.
[Galaxy S III Mini General] ps_praneet:
I have a friend's S3 Mini.Developer mode was not on and now the phone does not go beyond the 'SAMSUNG' logo.Odin does not detect the phone.What do I do?
[Galaxy S III Mini General] samersh72:
uninstall then reinstall driver.

make sure that the phone is in download mode.

no need to enable "usb debug" in developer options to flash with odin
[Galaxy S III Mini General] pugengbagsek:
help

anyone can help me where can i download stock rom for my region?? :( im having trouble finding one, i found one but im having trouble downloading from the file host (terafile and rapidgator) by the way im from the philippines and im new here. will appreciate the help
[Galaxy S III Mini General] 2010radams:
Hello, try sammobile
[Galaxy S III Mini General] pugengbagsek:
wow you are a great help sir!! finally!! thanks :good:
[Galaxy S III Mini General] neoexplorer:
thanks
[Galaxy S III Mini General] chris283:
Thanks! Helped a lot! Forgot how to do it properly on samsung phones!
[Galaxy S III Mini General] richie16171:
I have GT-i8190T original CST PHN (Netherlands) That's what phone info app shows. But I have ILO (Israel) firmware installed. I have a custom recovery TWRP and rooted official rom.

PDA I8190TDCAMA3

CP I8190XXALJL

CSC I8190TOJKAMC1

Now I tried to flash same firmware home.tar through odin and always fails. Once I saw the PIT partition error. So, can you please suggest me.. for my model which is the correct original recovery and PIT file to flash...I had earlier problem with "not registered to network" error.. and that I solved by restoring the EFS file. Now the calls and wifi works..but the data network connection doesn't work.

And in samfirmware there is no firmware for PHN(Netherlands)..didn't find any. So, I am really confused.

Please help. Thank you.
[Galaxy S III Mini General] darkmasterz2:
Q>

Im from cm11 mclaw with twrp recovery. what if i want to go back to stock rom incase i want to sell my phone. do i need to flash stock recovery first, or can i go straight flashing stock rom via odin?.

Edit. everythings clear for now after reading all the post. thx
[Galaxy S III Mini General] Rasmul:
GT-I8190 Clone

I have this GT-I8190 mini MTK6572... ithing i have hard bricked it.. it wont connect to usb by any means.. CWM is given but its upside down... don't know which ROM to flash.. cant use SP Flash tool/ MTKdroid tool/ ODIN... absolutely nothing.. i can go to CWM and try flashing.. but dnt have any rom.. please help me.. :'(
[Galaxy S III Mini General] LuqmaanMathee:
You have bought a fake S3 mini with a mediatek processor.

I'm Batman!
[Galaxy S III Mini General] heithered:
I have twrp and cm11 atm, can i just revert every partition back to ext4 and flash stock rom via odin? While keeping twrp?

edit: nvm, flashed stock recovery.
[Galaxy S III Mini General] Rasmul:
so what should i do? :(
[Galaxy S III Mini General] vitorxc:
Tem quatro arquivos anexados, qual deles eu devo baixar pra fazer o unroot?
[Galaxy S III Mini General] malybru:
Mod Edit

May I remind you of the XDA RULES #4

4. Use the English language.

We understand that with all the different nationalities, not everyone speaks English well, but please try. If you're really unable to post in English, use an online translator. You're free to include your original message in your own language, below the English translation. (This rule covers your posts, profile entries and signature).

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[Galaxy S III Mini General] -Thunderl0Rd-:
Hi all,

i got an all-stock S3 mini with a bootloop (Galaxy S3 Mini Logo showing up, then a short moment where the bottom buttons are enlightend, crash/sudden restart). I can still enter Download and also Recovery mode, but whatever i flash with Odin (last version) it doesnt seem to have an effect. Already tried the Stock roms (4.1.1, 4.1.2) and TWRP aswell as CWM but after Odin tries to reboot, the phone starts bootloopin'. Flashing another recovery also doesnt have any effect on what i see, when i push Vol+ , HomeBtn, PowerBtn. Already tried to wipe data/cache via stock recovery, no effect. Same for the Wipe and Param-Files found on several threads in here.

Can someone help?

Greetz
[Galaxy S III Mini General] KoolKid98189:
On download mode does it say 'Official' or 'custom'? If it's official then you have warranty! Give it to Samsung!
[Galaxy S III Mini General] LuqmaanMathee:
Anybody know if Jodin3 works with i8190?

I'm Batman!
[Galaxy S III Mini General] cbjewelz:
Back Up and Reset

I'm preparing to sell my old unlocked SIII mini and need to wipe my data and restore stock ROM. I used the Backup and Reset option, hoping that it would wipe my data and I'd have a fresh custom ROM install, but it looks like it went back to stock ROM for me. Can this be right?! Did I miss something? Thanks
[Galaxy S III Mini General] -Thunderl0Rd-:
It is indeed official, but its my neighbours phone and she told me, she bought it with only one year of warranty.. Any further ideas?
[Galaxy S III Mini General] KoolKid98189:
No Samsung comes with a 2 year warranty.
[Galaxy S III Mini General] albertusac:
Nope I just get 1 year here :(
[Galaxy S III Mini General] thanhhao9999:
Im sorry, I just joined this forum. I want to find stock rom of I8910 - region Vietnam (XXV-I8190DXAMB1-20130226101141.zip ). Can someone help me?
[Galaxy S III Mini General] samersh72:
Search in sammobile.com
[Galaxy S III Mini General] el_charlie:
I need some help with a friend's i8190.

The phone after a minute or so of use, says that the SIM was removed and has to restart. Except for that, the IMEI is fine, it can make calls, send SMS and use data.

I tried flashing a newer stock firmware. It came with I8190XXALL2 firmware and I updated it to I8190XXANI4 firmware.

The problem is that the XXALL2 baseband stays! I tried flashing other basebands with odin and it's the same. The PDA is updated but the baseband stays.

I also have another problem when the screen turns off, it can't turn on again. Only if the battery is removed.

Also, I tried flashing TWRP with ODIN (the auto reboot unticked, of course) and boots to the stock recovery! I think the NAND is fried. Also it gave me an error whren using the .PIT file and ticking repartition.

What can I do???

Cheers!
[Galaxy S III Mini General] remmons:
Not a valid archive

I downloaded PARAM_I819.zip, expecting it to contain Home.tar. When I tried to open it with WinZip, I got the message "Not a valid archive". When I try to open it with 7zip, I got the error message "There is no correct record at the end of the archive."

Is this file corrupt?
[Galaxy S III Mini General] albertusac:
No, I got that too and it's OK.
[Galaxy S III Mini General] kicker63:
Re: [GUIDE] Unroot, Flash official stock firmware on Galaxy SIII Mini GT-I8190

New BTU British 4.1.2 now available look here.

http://live.samsung-updates.com/details/7913/Galaxy_S_3_Mini/GT-I8190/BTU/I8190XXAMB2.html
[Galaxy S III Mini General] tys0n:
Rooted version from Tyxerakias is from 27/2 so it's not that new :p
[Galaxy S III Mini General] bwijn:
Reboot

I tried to unroot by following the steps.

But when the s3 mini starts up only the samsung logo appears and nothing happens.

How to solve this problem?
[Galaxy S III Mini General] tys0n:
Sv: [GUIDE] Unroot, Flash official stock firmware on Galaxy SIII Mini GT-I8190

Have you done a factory reset?

And also.. Did you flash back to stock recovery if you had cwm. Recovery is not a part of the firmware package.

Sent through time and space from my s3mini.
[Galaxy S III Mini General] Mostsh:
Re: [GUIDE] Unroot, Flash official stock firmware on Galaxy SIII Mini GT-I8190

Try to flash again and be sure that you have i8190 not L or N dont unplug the phone until you read green pass. After go to recovery and wipe data and cache then reboot.

First boot take much time . did you read 1 successful 0 failed after flashing?
[Galaxy S III Mini General] Mostsh:
stock recovery is flashed with the stock firmware;)
[Galaxy S III Mini General] tys0n:
It always did on other samsung models, but i've flashed more than one i8190 firmware without having my cwm replaced. Thats why so many people end up with csc:unknown. Because cwm can't handle the updatescript in the sec_csc.zip that gets extracted upon reboot.;)
[Galaxy S III Mini General] natsu93:
help me..i cannot enter recovery mode after i flash the firmware using odin.. wht i hve to do????
[Galaxy S III Mini General] tys0n:
If you can't do it now you probably couldn't do it before either.

[HOW-TO] Enable Three Button Combo [RECOVERY]
[Galaxy S III Mini General] samersh72:
thank you my friend. you are a good helper :good:
[Galaxy S III Mini General] ranalab:
Re: [GUIDE] Unroot, Flash official stock firmware on Galaxy SIII Mini GT-I8190

Easy guide. Thx
[Galaxy S III Mini General] natsu93:
im using gt i8190N device... can i flash this recovery on my phone???
[Galaxy S III Mini General] natsu93:
can i use this odin installation for gt-i8190N???
[Galaxy S III Mini General] samersh72:
Re: [GUIDE] Unroot, Flash official stock firmware on Galaxy SIII Mini GT-I8190

Firmwares in the second post are for i8190 and not for i8190N. Beware! But same process by odin.

For I8190N go to http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/ select your model and carrier, download and flash via odin
[Galaxy S III Mini General] tys0n:
Re: [GUIDE] Unroot, Flash official stock firmware on Galaxy SIII Mini GT-I8190

Use the cwm recovery from my other thread on how to root. The three button combination fix doesn't seem to work for i8190N.

Sent through time and space from my s3mini.
[Galaxy S III Mini General] natsu93:
can u give the link?? im using gt-i8190N phone..

---------- Post added at 06:22 AM ---------- Previous post was at 06:16 AM ----------

how to wipe data and cache?? and how to open recovery mode for gt-i8190N.. thankx
[Galaxy S III Mini General] tys0n:
Sorry but this is not the thread to ask about custom recovery.

Use the search function or ask in q&a. Try to keep it OT.

Thanks.

Make a factory reset from settings. For recovery: push vol+/home/power (might take a while. Just keep pushing)
[Galaxy S III Mini General] [GS]:
Im from albanian and im using:

PDA: I8190XXAMB2

CSC: I8190OXXAMB1

can i use UK Link??? its unlocked?
[Galaxy S III Mini General] samersh72:
yes you can :good:
[Galaxy S III Mini General] brainmafia_310:
QUESTION:

i have s3 mini with

AP: I8190XXAMA2

CP: I8190XXAMA2

CSC: I8190XEFAMA1

if i flkash the official rom from philippines, do i need to change CSC so i can update through kies in the future? or it will be automatic once i change the firmware? if i need to change CSC, how?

thank you xda dev team, great fan since my windows mobile days.
[Galaxy S III Mini General] F0rd_prefect:
I followed all the instructions correctly, and am using the right .tar on the right phone.

However, Odin quit after about a fifth of the flashing process, reading "FAIL", and ejected the phone.

Now the phone doesn't react to any button input (power button, vol+/- + power button) and I think it's bricked.

Is there anything I can do?
[Galaxy S III Mini General] F0rd_prefect:
Okay, so now I DO get a response from the phone.

Well, sometimes. Right now it doesn't react again.

But when it does, it says I should enter recovery mode in kies (I don't remember the exact wording, as I said, it doesn't seem to work right now). However, I can't get the phone to connect with kies. Help?

edit: It says: "Firmware upgrade encountered an issue. Please select recovery mode in Kies & try again."

I get this (sometimes) when pressing vol up + home + power or connecting to kies.
[Galaxy S III Mini General] F0rd_prefect:
I FIXED IT!!!

I tried flashing the exact same image that crashed the whole thing in the first place again. This time, it worked! (I could reliably enter download mode by pressing the vol + and vol - button when plugging the phone into the computer. The flashing went as usual.)

Now I have android again. I sure as hell won't try to install CM on not-officially supported phones again.

sorry for triple post
[Galaxy S III Mini General] andersjohansson81:
PARAM_I8190.zip

zip file is invalid, im stuck in bootloop now. flashed official firmware , from CM . odin procedure went ok and it passed.

edit fix

windows says its corrupt, but it works with 7zip

ediit

after flashing param , im still in bootloop , just the samsung logo over and over

edit , got into recovery wiped cache and factoryreset... fixed it
[Galaxy S III Mini General] guta12:
good job
[Galaxy S III Mini General] Willwithaquestion:
Just wondering

I soft-bricked my phone with cm 12.1. So i have gt-18190t, does the param thing still work on my device cus after intalling the stock rom its just in a boot loop. also when i started my phone trwp recovery showed up, should i still have that on my phone or idid i have to remove it?

Thanks:):confused:
[Galaxy S III Mini General] _Denham_:
If u can get into the recovery just try clearing the cache and doing a factory reset, doing that fixed my soft brick and I was able to flash a stock ROM from there

Hope this helps
[Galaxy S III Mini General] FranLima:
When i try flash any ROM, show this message

movi_write card_status:2

Reading on fórum i think its HARD BRICK......

CAN SOMEONE HELPME ?
[Galaxy S III Mini General] Voussoir:
Can anyone help me to my problems please i really need to fix my phone :crying:

here is the link of my thread no one replied to me: http://xdaforums.com/galaxy-s3-mini/help/factory-reset-cwm-t3230792
[Galaxy S III Mini General] marti2003:
For stock ROM Restore

I have a GT-I8190 and I am with Cyanogenmod 12.1. I want to restore my stock ROM. My question is wich is the best way. Through Kies or ODIN
[Galaxy S III Mini General] Geodoomer:
Hi

hi am new user of a galaxy s3 mini l8190. and i have battery drain issues. now i have full stock phone on jb 4.1.2 l8190XXAMJ2. i download the EUR-I8190XXANC2 version wits its newer than that i have at the moment.

1) will i have any issues of change the firmware?

2) i want to make it most clear flash. is the program doing it alone or i have to hard reset via recovery to have a refreshed rom?
[Galaxy S III Mini General] colonelXXX:
Hello.. I have a problem with my s3mini 8190 and I hope you help me :) my device home button is broken so I can't access recovery mode or download mode and it's bricked .. Last time I flashed noble project rom to my phone it stuck at Samsung logo.. And I tried for 2 weeks to access it put I couldn't

So my phone is bricked :) but when searching google I find (sp flash tool) and the ability to flash recovery and rom without access download mode or recovery mode ..just with pho turned off.. So it's a chance to bring my phone back to life.. But I found things to use with this software like scatter file.. I search google to find information about downloading it but I found nothing :) so please help me at least to flash stock rom and stock recovery again with sp flash tool and required files for it. And thank you very much in advance and sorry if I ask in wrong section :) :D
[Galaxy S III Mini General] Haxz3rz:
Hey new here,

just wondering if I had a custom rom would I be able to use this method to flash stock and would they notice if I traded it in?
[Galaxy S III Mini General] quinnocity:
Can I get a link to sm-g730v Golden? If not, can you help me figure out my problem?
[Galaxy S III Mini General] Haxz3rz:
Hello I've been going around the forums and haven't really got an answer. If I flash a custom rom on my Samsung S3 Mini GT I8200N could I use odin to flash it to stock and will the phone company notice if I were to trade it in?
[Galaxy S III Mini General] JustMJ:
Help me please, I follow all the steps but yet after I flash the stock rom the rom is still the same it is still cyanogenmod.

I got the message PASS on the odin but yet nothing happens after it, what else I can do? I cant use my Recovery which is TWRP because it is stuck when i tried using it.
[Galaxy S III Mini General] Voussoir:
Hi thank you for this tutorial and stuffs :D I will try tomorrow its late night here i need to go sleep for now. I hope it will fix my phone.
[Galaxy S III Mini General] shailuk301:
How should I select the right firmware for my GT-I8190N model.

CSC : unknown is shown in *#1234#.

I am on project-noble ROM.
[Galaxy S III Mini General] gusdrawn:
Hi Guys,

I'm still in boot logo, can try flash stock rom like I8190XXALL2_I8190OXXALL1_HOME_rooted_by_avicohh and not working. I try with PARAM after flash and not work and last I try the WIPE file and not work :S.

My history:

flash TWRP and not work,

flash bootinsecure with Unfied Toolkit

flash TWRP

flash CWM 51.1 but imei is unknow

flash i8190-CWM-modemfs.zip not work

flash GT-I8190XXAOE2_modem.zip and bootloop.

flash to stock I8190XXALL2_I8190OXXALL1_HOME_ROOTED.tar.md5 and still bootloop.

flash PARAM and not work

flash GT-I8190_modem.bin-XXAME1-update.zip and nothing!

flash again, still bootloop.

flash I8190 KERNEL ANC2 and ANA2 and nothing!

flash to STOCK recovery in TWRP flash, and not work.

flash again, with factory reset, wipe cached and nothing.

PARAM and WIPE file and nothing.

I'm missing?

Thanks!!
[Galaxy S III Mini General] mike_san:
It gives me an error after i'm trying to flash a rom, something like "movi_write card_status:2(XXXX) start_bik:XXXXXX", what could have happened?
[Galaxy S III Mini General] shilva00:
hi guys i my cousin send his samsung galaxy s3 mini. and it was stuck on boot (BOOTLOOP) i was looking for what firmware i need. i saw a loot of firmwares but i dont know which one i need to download

on the back side i see

MODEL: GT-I8190

FFC ID: A3LGTI8190

SNN: -I8190GSMH

so which i need to download for the correct firmware.
[Galaxy S III Mini General] AkipDark:
Is this compatible with gti8190N? Can u give me the link for gti8190n
[Galaxy S III Mini General] piralio:
i m stuck on "odin v3.09" for my GT-I8190

Hi everybody,

I'm a newbie and i m stuck on "odin v3.09" for my GT-I8190 (windows 10).

1/ I followed the Tuto until it asked for "PDA" selection, on odin v3.09 i have no such choice except BL, AP, CP & CSC...so wich one is the right one ?

2/ I downloaded : cm14.1-20161227-UNOFFICIAL-golden and uncompressed it but i was unable to find inside any "home.tar" as it mentionned in the tuto. i obviously missed something but what ?

Many thanks in advance for your tips and answers

have a good day

andrÃ©
[Galaxy S III Mini General] sgtgs:
Use the AP button, that is the same as PDA
[Galaxy S III Mini General] mufegu:
Hello everyone

a friend of mine has requested my help since he couldn't turn on his phone the phone was in bootloop and I couldn't enter into recovery mode and only downloading rom part was enabled so itried to follow the instructions but when I was loading the rom with Odin it stuck at some point When writing system.img process and at downloading the screen on the phone the blue progress bar was at half level Odin showed FAİL error at the top.

now the phone is still not turning on and i still can't run recovery mode it is only showying blank white screen what do you think I should do?
[Galaxy S III Mini General] RyuukenZenkou:
thank you so much. using this guide and another allowed me to revive my old phone.
[Galaxy S III Mini General] D_Saint:
Hello.

I have a i8190n, in order to flash stock firmware with root is it required to flash previousl also stock recovery or not?

Please advise.

Gracias
[Galaxy S III Mini General] D_Saint:
No replies....Help please!
[Galaxy S III Mini General] RyuukenZenkou:
You need Odin and the stock firmware of your device. Use sammobile to find your model stock ROM.
[Galaxy S III Mini General] samersh72:
yes you can change CSC for update see this link and read carefully http://droidviews.com/2012/how-to-change-csc-in-samsung-galaxy-phones/
[Galaxy S III Mini General] drcko:
brick phone

Hello could you someone advise to me ?

today i tried install 4.1.2 android downloaded from samfirmware through ODIN 3.0.7 ... But i probably forgot enable USB debugging.... :(

Soo installation finished without errors BUT after complete - automaticaly restart phone and after very very long time - over 20 min. - android still can't start - still only SAMSUNG logo - 10 sec logo then cca 10 sec black screen and then again logo and still in circle.

I tried reinstall another ROM but still the same problem - my phone can't start to android - only logo is displayed.

I don't have CWM, if i tried instal only CWM- i still can't boot into it . (probably i can't install anything correctly without USB debugging ON ....)

i can enter only into download mode and i still can use ODIN to flash another ROM or any package through ODIN .....

maybe i can install new ROM using ADB shell but ADB don't work in download mode - only in CWM but i dont have cwm .....

any advise ? :) Please

i have i8190

thanks in advance for any useful advice
[Galaxy S III Mini General] samersh72:
Re: [GUIDE] Unroot, Flash official stock firmware on Galaxy SIII Mini GT-I8190

Download attached wipe and param files from http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2030282 flash first wipe file in pda via odin. If still on bootloop, flash param file.
[Galaxy S III Mini General] drcko:
THANKS

thanks you man, your link helped me. I tried wipe but nothing then i flash param file but still nothing, then i downloaded and install prerooted ROM from your link and my android finally boot correctly !

THANKS one more time !!
[Galaxy S III Mini General] MattJaO3D:
By doing this method, will stock recovery get restored?

thx in advance :good:
[Galaxy S III Mini General] samersh72:
Re: [GUIDE] Unroot, Flash official stock firmware on Galaxy SIII Mini GT-I8190

See this post http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=39222346 to flash stock recovery see http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2185700 or http://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=9390275921635705161
[Galaxy S III Mini General] Mostsh:
in i8190: NO
[Galaxy S III Mini General] IvanKurnia:
Re: [GUIDE] Unroot, Flash official stock firmware on Galaxy SIII Mini GT-I8190

samersh, can you make a tutor how to make the device status "official" again?

Sorry for asking. thx in advance. :) or you just give it here.